Last spring, when I was head of the U.S. embassy’s political section in the East African nation of Burundi, we did what we could to encourage a free, fair and inclusive election. It was, and continues to be, one of the primary objectives of U.S. foreign policy in Africa, as…

Officials in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, addressed a growing urban homelessness problem by forcibly removing families from improvised shelters and setting most of their possessions ablaze. Following a stern August 8, 2017, warning on the city’s Facebook page, police arrived at 8:30 pm the next evening to implement the city’s plan…

Exhausted and soaked, our packs were heavy on our backs. …